Half Med turtles have plastic in bodies

Survey for World Environment Day

(ANSA) - Rome, June 4 - Half of the turtles in the
Mediterranean have plastic in their bodies, Italian
environmental studies institute ISPRA said Monday.
After a year of studying turtles, ISPRA and partners across
the Med found plastic in 53% of turtles, 187 live and 424 found
dead on beaches.
Some 63% of those found dead had plastic in their digestive
systems.
The survey was released on the eve of World Environment Day.